I heard it mentioned when he was getting ready to play his 5th set against Haase... and thought it sounded pretty incredible to win such a high percentage of 5-set matches. I was also a bit surprised that Haase had won none of his 5-set matches. At that point, I wasn't too concerned for Nadal.

After this match, Roddicks record was 11-12. Since then he has played 5 more 5 setters. He lost 3: Isner at USO, Cilic in AO, and Federer at Wimbledon. He won 2: Fernando Gonzalez during the aussie and Niemen at RG. So 13-15.

After this match, Roddicks record was 11-12. Since then he has played 5 more 5 setters. He lost 3: Isner at USO, Cilic in AO, and Federer at Wimbledon. He won 2: Fernando Gonzalez during the aussie and Niemen at RG. So 13-15.

why make a thread about it when you can just google them or look them up on the atptennis website? fail to try and start flames.

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what the hell is wrong with these two?

btw,I like this thread Bud
Karlovic had 0-11 until last year,he won his first 5-sets match against James Blake who was 4-11 at the time
Karlovic is 3-12 at the moment(won and lost against Stepanek and won against Lapenti,two of his three victories were in Davis Cup)Blake is 4-13(30.1%) at the moment(lost to Del Potro at the AO)

I´ve read some people say that Djokovic´s bad stamina and fitness would probably make him lose some matches if they had gone to 5 sets.
I think there´s a bit of a myth on that because he looks somewhat injured or showing pain after some rallies, breathing deep, asking for medical timeouts...
Even if I agree that he needs to work on his stamina and fitness the truth is that his record in matches that went to 5 sets is actually good.
It´s overall 7-3 and it was 3-0 last year, he has won the last 4 matches that went to 5 sets.
It´s usual on young unexperienced players to lose 5 sets matches but in his first year as a top player he won all of the 3 matches that went to 5 sets. So I think people need to stop assuming that he is going to lose some match if it goes to 5 sets. The truth is he is mentally strong and gaining experience so he is tough to beat in 5 sets too, that´s also what the stats say.
These are all the 5 sets matches of his career (starting with the most recent ones):

btw,I like this thread Bud
Karlovic had 0-11 until last year,he won his first 5-sets match against James Blake who was 4-11 at the time
Karlovic is 3-12 at the moment(won and lost against Stepanek and won against Lapenti,two of his three victories were in Davis Cup)Blake is 4-13(30.1%) at the moment(lost to Del Potro at the AO)